David Green, criminalist with the Lake County Crime Lab, shows a picture of a footprint taken from the victim's bed to the jury during Danna Weimer's aggravated murder trial Tuesday in Lake County Common Pleas Court.

Danna Weimer wept Tuesday as a criminalist testified that a pair of men's shoes matching footprints found at a murder scene was discovered in her home.

Weimer, 52, of Austinburg Township, and her son Zachary Weimer are accused of stealing 77-year-old Eleanor Robertson's jewelry and other valuables and then killing her.

David Green of the Lake County Crime Lab took the stand to say he found a shoe print on a dust ruffle cover of the victim's bed. Green said he compared the prints to a pair of white Nike high tops, size 11 1/2 , that were among several pairs of shoes tested from Danna Weimer's home.

After Green said the Nikes matched the size, shape, wear and tread pattern of the footprint, Danna Weimer's hands shook and she began crying.

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Green also testified that he went inside her home June 14 as part of his three-month investigation.

"We were looking for bloody clothing, we were looking for items belonging (to Robertson), and we were looking for the murder weapon," he said.

Green said items found at her home included a box of baseball cards, a partially-eaten Nutra Grain bar, a camera and a plastic bag containing drug paraphernalia.

The criminalist added that debris was also collected from a burn pile that was found outside the home.

Kim Krall, a forensic chemist with the Lake County Crime Lab, also testified on the fourth day of Danna Weimer's trial in Lake County Common Pleas Court.

Krall spoke about recovering a straw with heroin residue, a smoking pipe with cocaine residue and three syringes with traces of heroin on them. She also testified about multiple medicine bottles that were prescribed to two men who did not give anyone permission to take their drugs.

The victim's body was discovered the evening of June 13 at her Madison Township home with about 90 stab wounds.